Engineer
Danilo Versola has been noted as having high regard for
efficiency and quality work. He combines system, motivation
and tact in managing people. His work ethics is also
expressed in his receptiveness to the call of duty even if
it meant sacrificing personal time to respond to emergencies
at work. As a leader, one can find him at the frontline of
his workforce; pushing his pencil on the drawing table,
lifting a rock to clear the path, and most of all setting
the direction and pace of the office towards its goal.
His hard
work and determination were not put into waste for he was
promoted OIC-Assistant Regional Director on February 23,
2009 and 19 months after providing exceptional service at
DPWH Region XI, he is now serving the CARAGA Region as its
OIC-Regional Director.
His work
paradigm developed through his extensive government
experience of thirty-four years in the Department. He
started early in his career as a working student- a laborer
at the Bureau of Public Works, City Engineering Office in
Davao City in 1975. Determined on his career path, he worked
on his Civil Engineering Degree at the University of
Mindanao and later International Harvardian University from
1970 to 1981. On his final year as a student, he was
promoted to Civil Engineering Aide I and later earned
permanency in the government service as Water Rights
Investigator. Not long after he passed the Licensure Exam
for Civil Engineering in 1981 he got the position of Civil
Engineer.
His
technical and leadership skills were honed at the Regional
Office for twenty years. In 2002, he led the Davao Oriental
2nd District Engineering Office (Mati) as
District Engineer and three years later he was reassigned to
Davao del Sur 2nd District Engineering Office (Malita).
He
prepared himself for higher level positions. He got a study
grant by the Australian Assistance for International
Development (AUSAID) at the prestigious University of Sydney
in Australia and a earned a degree on Master in Urban and
Regional Planning in 1996. Upon his return, he became the
chief-of-staff of former Regional Director Ernesro Silvila.
It was during this time when he was promoted from Engineer
III to Engineer V for his effective work attitude and
qualifications.
When he
became the Chief of the Planning and Design Division, he
took and passed in 2001 the Career Executive Eligibility. He
later became the Chief of the Maintenance Division. He was
given a rank of CESO VI in September 2007.
He
underwent leadership trainings for executives, environment
impact assessment, project development appraisal, project
management and supervision by PERT/CPM, project
identification and programming system (PIPS), regional
physical framework planning, development planning and
investment programming, site supervising of labor
base/equipment supported methods (for the
supervision/management in the construction and maintenance
of infrastructure projects), among others.
To expand
his network, he became an active Board of Director of the
Philippine National Red Cross, Davao Oriental Chapter;
President of the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers;
Vice President for Mindanao of the District Engineers League
of the Philippines (DELP); Member of the Association of
Government Civil Engineers of the Philippines; and Member of
the Road Engineering Association of the Philippines.
The
discipline he got from his years of paying attention to his
superiors, of learning from hands-on experience and experts
here and abroad, of cultivating his profession through
continued learning, and of sharing his passion and knowledge
to others defines the kind of leader he is today- an
intelligent leader who understands his job and knows the
organization well.
OIC-Regional Director Danilo
E. Versola was born on August 8, 1953 to Demetrio and Severa
from Caba and Naguillan, La Union. He is happily married to
Ferlinda Amores and proud father to Daryl, Derek and Danica.
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